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Boswl-:LL a. BRINDLE.

Ca'r Starter.

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No. 87,136. Patented Feb. 23, 1869.

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BOSWELL & BRINDLE.

.Car Starter.

Patented Feb. 23,` 1869.

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JOSEPH BOSWELL AND JOHN W. BRINDLE, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THEMSELVE'S AND JACOB P. BRINDLE, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 87,136, dated February-23, 1869.

IMPROVED (TAIR-STARTER.v

The Schedule referred te in these Letters Patent and making part of the saune` To whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH BoswELL and JOHN W.,BRINDLE, both of Wilmington,-Glinton county, Ohio, have linvented a new and useful and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

. and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication.

On'r invention relates to a device for moving or shifting of cars upon a railway without the aid of an engine, and consists essentially of one or more thills or poles, which being presented obliquely upward against the end of the car, are impelled forward by means of one or more cranks or levers acting through suitable gen1- ing' upon a ground-wheel or wheels.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, representing a simple form of our invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a somewhat more complex form where great power is desired.

Each thill is composed of two main portions A A', which, with their cross-bars C C' and platform D, constitute the frame proper, and two sliding or extension portions B B', which respectively occupy sockets or guides, a, in the main portions A A', and are capable of being, one or both of them, sheathed within or alongside said main portions, or secured in any extended condition by pins, D', entering holes b in said extensions.

This extensional feature is, however, not absolutely' essential, and 'may be omitted; that is to say, each 'thill may consist of one piece.

Each thill terminates in front in a crotch, E, for envgagin g the lower corner of the car, and the upper member of each crotch may have an orifice, e, to take a pin to be inserted in a staple to be attached for that purpose to the car, or said member may have a loop or eye `tol engage over an upturned hook upon the car.

The object of this hook or orifice is to preventthe ends of the thills slipping oi and becoming disengaged from the car. v

J ournalled to the thills, near their rear ends, is a ground-wheel, G, provided on the interior of its rim with cogs H, into which meshes a pinion, I, having a crank or winch, asin iig. 1, or, where great power is required, said crank may have an independent pinion,

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O, enables great power to be employed in starting the machine.

In order to insure thelever engagingwith the ratchet. it may be provided with a pawl, o.

The operation is as follows:

The crotched ends of the thills being secured to the lower angle of the car, the operator mounts the platforni, and, turning the crank or working the lever,

causes the ground-wheel to rotate, and the implement to advance along the ground,l and to push the car before it. v

The extensibility of the thills enables the implement to be applied to cars of' diverse height, and allows the direction of the force to be varied, and the traction of the ground-wheel thereby regulated.

IVe claim herein as new, and of our invention--- 1. The car-movingimplement, consisting essentially ofa ground-wheel, G, operated bya crank, J, or its equivalent, and having one or more thills, A A', as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The arrangement of ground-wheel G, fixed thills A A', extensions B B', crotches E, crank J, and gearing I, substantially as set forth. v

' 3. The combination, with the thills A A'and groundwheel G, of a lever,O, adapted to operate upon aratchet, N, upon said ground-wheel, f or the purpose designated.

In testimony of which invention. we hereunto s et our JOSEPH BOSWELL` JOHN W. BRINDLE. Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT,

J AMES H LAYMAN. 

